A performing arts high school in downtown’s future

The Houston Independent School District has identified the 1300 block of Capitol as the preferred future home for a new High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

The district has been talking about relocating the school for years, but it came up again last week at a panel discussion on the future of downtown. HSPVA is now at 4001 Stanford in the Montrose neighborhood.

Despite public enthusiasm for the move, it won’t happen anytime soon. No district funds have been identified for construction, said spokesman Jason Spencer.

The downtown tract, which is now a parking lot, once housed a public school. The district-owned site also formerly served as the home of HISD’s central administration building.